Lima Peru, 100 Million years ago was relatively at the same location except for maybe a few degrees more south latitude of where it is today. The weather of Lima was very much similar to what it is today. Since it is till in the southern hemisphere it experiences the wind patterns created by the core-oles effect.
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| Earth 100 million years ago. with Lima shown as star. source :http://www.cpgeosystems.com/mollglobe.html |
The climograph for the area would look much like it does today. There would be minimal variation in the temperature much like today's weather. It would still get minimal precipitation because the Andes mountains are still far enough from the city create the elevation necessary elevation to cool the air mass enough to reach the dew point. The air mass that also comes to the city is the cold polar air-mass which does not carry much moisture.
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| Climograph of Lima 100 millin years ago. |
100 Years from now however Lima will be in a very different place. It would be located almost at the equator which gives it a whole new climate. There will be even less variation in the temperature through out the year and would have a lot more precipitation than it does now. It would have a climate much similar to Quito Ecuador today.
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| Earth 100 Million years in the future with lima shown as star source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGACbD4zbWs |
The climograph of Lima would look like the following. The main difference from the previous being the amount of precipitation it receives. This is due to the maritime equatorial air-mass that would be prevalent through out the year. It would have a tropical climate characterized by high temperatures with little variation in temperature between seasons.
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| Climograph of Lima 100 millions years into the future. |
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